Daryl Hannah

Some celebrities come out with a fragrance or fashion line or even a video game. Daryl Hannah? She prefers releasing board games. Hannah -- who appeared in "Splash," "Blade Runner" and "Kill Bill" -- is promoting her second board game, Liebrary, along with co-creator and fellow actress Hilary Shepard. "We just like playing games," Hannah said Thursday at the James Hotel. "Whenever we're like, 'We wish this game existed,' we just end up making it." In Liebrary, players must determine what...

Daryl Hannah , "Lost" star Naveen Andrews and "Stargate Universe" alum Brian J. Smith are among the 14 actors cast in Netflix's upcoming original show "Sense8," Variety has confirmed. The sci-fi drama is the first TV project from "Matrix" writers-directors-exec producers Andy and Lana Wachowski. " Babylon 5 " creator J. Michael Straczynski is also on board. The 10-episode series follows eight people around the world who become telepathically...

Kirsten Prout ("The Lying Game"), Chloe Bridges ("The Carrie Diaries") and Daryl Hannah have come on board to star in independent film "Offline." Larry Rattner is producing, with shooting in Los Angeles this month. Mark Quod is directing from a script by Anna Rasmussen. Prout will play a top student whose life is turned upside down when inappropriate photos surface on her public online profile, jeopardizing her reputation and plans of going to college....

If Andy Kaufman and Tony Clifton ever had bothered learning magic tricks, they'd perhaps have come up with something like "Elephant Room," the highly amusing bit of silliness currently at the Museum of Contemporary Art. Despite the pretentious title of the show - the full, oblique billing is "Rainpan 43: Elephant Room," which suggests something entirely different from what you get - the actual campy entertainment on offer is shot through with the...

Daryl Hannah , "Lost" star Naveen Andrews and "Stargate Universe" alum Brian J. Smith are among the 14 actors cast in Netflix's upcoming original show "Sense8," Variety has confirmed. The sci-fi drama is the first TV project from "Matrix" writers-directors-exec producers Andy and Lana Wachowski. " Babylon 5 " creator J. Michael Straczynski is also on board. The 10-episode series follows eight people around the world who become telepathically...

Apparently, Daryl Hannah is serious about saving the environment. Her California home is solar-powered, her 1983 El Camino runs on used vegetable oil and -- get this -- even her throwback Converse All Stars are made of environmentally friendly materials. That's hard core. And she's trying to spread the word (check out her regular video blogs at dhlovelife.com), which brought the Chicago-born actress to this weekend's Health Freedom Expo in Schaumburg, where she spoke on...

Kirsten Prout ("The Lying Game"), Chloe Bridges ("The Carrie Diaries") and Daryl Hannah have come on board to star in independent film "Offline." Larry Rattner is producing, with shooting in Los Angeles this month. Mark Quod is directing from a script by Anna Rasmussen. Prout will play a top student whose life is turned upside down when inappropriate photos surface on her public online profile, jeopardizing her reputation and plans of going to college....

Something for Kennedy watchers: John F. Kennedy Jr. and Daryl Hannah the actress were spotted this week on a scuba-diving vacation in Palau, a U.S. territory in the Caroline Islands in the South Pacific. Kennedy, who resigned from his job as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan last month, and Hannah, who played a mermaid in the movie "Splash," arrived in Palau last week and are to leave for the Philippines Thursday. They are both certified scuba divers.

By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Actress Daryl Hannah was arrested in Texas on Thursday after she stood in front of an earth-moving machine clearing ground for the construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, her representative said. The protest took place outside Winnsboro, Texas, about 80 miles (130 km) east of Dallas, said Hannah's agent, Paul Bassis. Hannah, 51, a longtime environmental activist, was arrested last year...

Daryl Hannah has signed on to the new Robert Altman-directed movie, "The Gingerbread Man." She'll play an attorney who works with Kenneth Branagh and provides key information in a stalking case in the John Grisham thriller.

Some celebrities come out with a fragrance or fashion line or even a video game. Daryl Hannah? She prefers releasing board games. Hannah -- who appeared in "Splash," "Blade Runner" and "Kill Bill" -- is promoting her second board game, Liebrary, along with co-creator and fellow actress Hilary Shepard. "We just like playing games," Hannah said Thursday at the James Hotel. "Whenever we're like, 'We wish this game existed,' we just end up making it." In Liebrary, players must determine what...

Jason Alexander will produce and star in the independent film "Officer Bob," his first project since leaving his role as George Costanza on "Seinfeld." Meanwhile, Daryl Hannah has signed to star as the female lead in "Speedway Junky," a film about a runaway teenager who dreams of becoming a pro race car driver. Hannah will play an ex-showgirl whose motherly ways help guide the teen.

BASIC CABLE "STEEL MAGNOLIAS" . 7 p.m., FAM Mention this 1989 comedy-drama, and most people will flash on its tear-jerker ending. That's a pity, because it's packed with laughs before and even after the tragic event. Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis and Julia Roberts light up the screen and pepper the air with commentary that's occasionally sweet, often acidic, but always witty. The byplay between Dukakis and MacLaine is priceless.